Being Yourself

Some people are unhappy not so much about who they are, but because of "how" they are. Deep inside they must know their goodness, their worth, their cleverness, their beauty, but they are unable to see it reflected in the outside. They don't appreciate their looks, character, behavior. In a word, they wish they were different. They may start to compare themselves to someone else, maybe a movie star, a famous artist, a great scientist. Or they simply see a colleague, a friend, a neighbor, a cousin, as more attractive, handsome, skilled, successful than they are. What a sad situation! If you start comparing yourself to anybody else you are heading towards great, and useless, disappointment. You cannot be like another because you are "you". If a girl deludes herself into believing she can look like that 'super model' or 'reality show personality' by undergoing plastic surgery or changing her hair style, she only succeeds in becoming a meaningless, pathetic copy of another, while neglecting to express her real, beautiful self.  *